Music by: A.L. Pete Butler
Level: Easy
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Based on the beloved scripture from Matthew, “Suffer little children, and forbid them not to come unto me,” this melodic tune evokes Christ's Biblical encounter with children, and imagines modern-day children at that scene.
Text
(spoken narration)
I think when I read that sweet story of old,
When Jesus was here among men,
How he called little children as lambs to his fold,
I should like to have been with them then.
I should like to have been with them then.
I wish I had heard his gentle voice when he spoke,
And caught just a glimpse of his face,
And that I might have seen his kind look when he said,
“Let the little ones come unto me;
Let the little ones come unto me.”
“Come unto me. Come unto me.”
And he said, “Come unto me.”
(spoken narration)
